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GB: Navy Records Society, 1895. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.
Diary of a Hunting Trip, 1888 by (Wyoming) Brassey, T.A - 1889
by (Wyoming) Brassey, T.A
Diary of a Hunting Trip, 1888
by (Wyoming) Brassey, T.A
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Battle [England]: Printed by Ticehurst and Co, 1889. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. In quarter black morocco slipcase. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Thomas Alnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl (1863-1919) was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Brassey was an honorary Lieutenant in the London Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers from 1888 to 1892. He acted as Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Spencer during the time the latter was First Lord of the Admiralty (1892-95), and in 1894 was Assistant Secretary of the Royal Commission on Opium that his father chaired. He was a benefactor of the Bodleian Library.
"This is the day-by-day journal of a wealthy Englishman's hunting trip for elk in southern Wyoming in August and September of 1888. He seems to have been the kind of man who knew or had letters to the 'best people' and was important enough to be given a special train from Marquette to St. Paul. " - TWS
The party camped near Battle Creek in south central Wyoming (southwest of Saratoga). Streeter VII 4108; not in Sabin, Phillips or Heller. OCLC: 34069497 (Newberry; Field Museum). Provenance: Charles B. Wood, III (his sale, 1986); F.P. Williamson
"This is the day-by-day journal of a wealthy Englishman's hunting trip for elk in southern Wyoming in August and September of 1888. He seems to have been the kind of man who knew or had letters to the 'best people' and was important enough to be given a special train from Marquette to St. Paul. " - TWS
The party camped near Battle Creek in south central Wyoming (southwest of Saratoga). Streeter VII 4108; not in Sabin, Phillips or Heller. OCLC: 34069497 (Newberry; Field Museum). Provenance: Charles B. Wood, III (his sale, 1986); F.P. Williamson
- Bookseller James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition Used - Printed wrappers. In quarter black morocco slipcase
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Publisher Printed by Ticehurst and Co
- Place of Publication Battle [England]
- Date Published 1889
- Keywords Big Game | Michigan | British | Wyoming